Workforce USA Basketball has a contemporary harm concern with certainly one of its most embellished Olympians.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania experiences Sunday that Phoenix Suns ahead Kevin Durant is battling a minor calf pressure as Workforce USA begins coaching camp in Las Vegas forward of the Paris Olympics later this month. Charania notes that Durant’s calf pressure has sidelined him for the start of coaching camp, however provides that the previous NBA MVP’s absence is a “precaution.”
Durant, who turns 36 in September, has been a mainstay on the Olympic basketball circuit through the years. He’s tied with Carmelo Anthony for essentially the most Olympic gold medals in males’s basketball with three (profitable all of it in 2012, 2016 and 2020) and in addition the all-time main males’s scorer for Workforce USA Basketball on the Olympics with 435 profession factors.
However a calf harm is a priority for Durant, particularly contemplating that he notably suffered a torn proper Achilles tendon in 2019 (lacking a complete season in consequence). The excellent news for Workforce USA is that they’ve greater than sufficient firepower to outlive a presumed non permanent absence from Durant. LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis are among the many veteran Avengers who’re respawning on the Olympics after prolonged hiatuses from worldwide competitors. As well as, youthful stars like Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton and Joel Embiid are amongst those that shall be making their U.S. Olympic debuts.
Whereas exhibition play begins on July 10, Workforce USA doesn’t open precise Olympic play till July 28 towards Serbia. That provides Durant some good restoration time (although he is probably not the one USA Basketball star who’s coping with harm questions proper now).
